Broiler or waffle-baker.



L. FEY.

BROILEB 0R WAFFLB BAKER.

APPLICATION nun rn3.2a,1o11.

Patented Sept. 26,1911.

LOUIS FEY, F CINCINNATI, OHIO.

BROILER OR WAFFLE-BAKER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26,1911.

Application filed February 23, 1911. Serial No. 610,175.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LoUIs FEY, a citizen of the'United States, residingat C1nc1nnat1,

in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Broilers or Wattle-Bakers, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to protecting devices for burners, and moreparticularly to hoods and the like for covering burners to protect samefrom grease, juices and other refuse which so often drop from the gr1dwhen broilingmeats and the like.

Y be easily cleaned.

Heretofore a broiler has been produced employing a hood for the burner,but said hood being constructed in such a manner as to form guttersalong the top and sides of same tocarry 01f the grease, juices, etc., it

has been found that these hoods are extremely diflicult to keep clean,the top surfaces being too irregular to clean easily. Anotherdisadvantage of the above mentioned hood is that it is expensive tomanufacture, and it also heats up when the gas is burning in the burner,due to the fact that the extending points from which the greaseiscarried 011' are too near to the burner.

My invention consists in the construction of a burner protector, the topsurface of which slopes from the central portion thereof, and the sidesof which are denticulated for the purpose of causing the refuse to dropfrom said sides at points between the orifices in the burner.

My invention also consists in a hood for gas burners, having a series ofprojections on the sides thereof. adapted to allow liquid refuse to dropfrom the central points thereof, at the bottom, the top of said hoodbeing higher at its central point, the sides of said hood divergingtherefrom.

My invention also consists in that certain novel construction andarrangement as here in set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, which serves to illustrate my invention:Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved burner protector. Fig. 2is a side elevation of my improved burner protector mounted on a gasburner. Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4is a view looking at the bottom of my improved burner protector, theconstruction of same being slightly modified. Fig. 5 is a cross sectiontaken on the line 55 of Fig. 4:. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section takenon the line 6-6 :of Fig. 4. Fig. 7 is a sectional view illustrating amodification of my invention, in which the burner and hood are cast inone piece.

In the embodiment of my invention as illustrated, 1 represents a gasburner of the tubular type, having orifices 2 therein for the purpose ofallowing the gas to escap'e' therethrough. 3 is a valve and 4 a suitablemixer for gas and air commonly found in this style of gas burner.

My improved hood 5 is adapted to rest upon the burner 1, as shown inFig. 2, and 'in order that it may maintain its proper position upon thegas burner, I provide a pin 6 on the gas burner 1, which is adapted toenter a socket 7 provided on the under side and at the top of said hoodor protector 5. The hood or socket 7 preferably extends only part waythrough the hood from the under side, as clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 5,thereby preventing said socket from becoming clogged or caked withburned grease or batter, which would render the hood difiicult ofremoval.

My improved hood or protector is provided with a raised ridge 8 on itsupper surface and along its longitudinal center line, from which the topsurfaces 9 slope to either side, thus forming a water shed for the topof said hood. From these sloping top surfaces, the dent-iculated sideslOextend.

It is readily seen that I provide a protector with a plain surface onthe outside, thus preventing any refuse from accumulating on the top ofsaid protector, and producing a protector that can easily be cleaned.,The dentiform projections 11 are adapted to be placed a little aboveand at a point half way 100 between the orifices in said gas burner, inorder to allow the refuse to drop ofi the dentiform projections 11 andfall between the blazes of the gas burner 1, thereby preventing greaseor any ignitible substances from igniting.

If it is desired, the protector or hood 5 may be provided with ribs orarches 12, as best shown in Figs. 4, 5 and 6, and which are adapted tofit snugly to the burner 1. As many ribs 12 may be provided as desired,two being shown. The underneath part of the hood may then be hollowedout to allow for an air space over the burner 1, and between said archesor ribs 12. This provision for ribs may allow the protector to be keptcooler than otherwise. However, it is thought that the constructionshown in Fig. 1 will not become overheated, even though it does engagethe burner along its under surface, due to the fact that the orifices inthe burner are placed near the bottom of same, and thereby direct theflame downwardly and away from the denticulateol sides of the protector.

The sides 10 are preferably formed with saw tooth like or triangularprojections extending downwardly, the space between each tooth orprojection forming an inverted triangular or V shaped space. Thus anyliquid refuse, such as grease or batter, running down the sides of thehood will be carried to the apex of the triangular projections and willthen drop therefrom. It is readily seen that all grease, batter, etc.,will reach the apex of said projections due to the fact that any refusestriking the apex or sides of the inverted V shaped spaces between theprojections will follow the sides thereof to the extreme points or ends.

It will be apparent that my invention is capable of some modificationwithout material departure from its scope or spirit, as for instance,instead of making the pro tector separate and detachable from the burneras above described, it may be formed integral therewith, as shown inFig. 7, in which 1 represents the gas burner, 5 the hood, 8 the raisedridge, 9 the top surfaces, 10 the denticulated sides and 11 thedentiform projections, or it may be formed with hood 5 raised ridge 8top surfaces 9 denticulated sides 10 and dentiform projections 11" asshown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a broiler or waffle baker, the combination with a tubular gasburner of elongated formation, having a series of gas jet orificesextending therethrough downwardly and outwardly at its lower part, asubstantially inverted V-shaped or triangular hood adapted to straddlesaid gas burner and provided upon each side with a series of downwardlyextending V-shaped triangular projections, each having a plain outersurface, each of said projections being arranged to extend between theadjacent gas jet orifices, whereby any liquefied refuse is downwardlyextending pointed projections,

each having a plain outer surface and each being arranged to extendbetween the adj acent gas jet orifices, whereby any liquefied refuse isadapted to pass down the edges of said projections and to drop off atthe points thereof, substantially as set forth and for the purposesspecified.

3. In a broiler or waffle baker, the combination with a gas burner, ahood therefor provided with a series of downwardly ex tending pointedprojections, each having a plain outer surface and arranged to avoidcontact with the flame from the burner, sub stantially as and for thepurposes specified.

4. In a broiler or waffle baker, the combination with a burner havinggas jet orifices, of a hood therefor,havi"ngaplain outer surface andhaving a series of downwardly extending pointed projections integralthere with, said pointed projections having plain outer surfaces, andmeans for mounting said hood over said burner with a ventilating airspace extending upwardly between said burner and said hood, and with thepoints of said projections extending downwardly midway of the adjacentgas et orifices, substantially as set forth and for the purposesspecified.

5. In a broiler or waffle baker, the combination with a tubular gasburner of elongated formation, having a series of gas jet orificesextending therethrough downwardly and outwardly at its lower part, ahood therefor provided upon each side with a.

series of downwardly extending pointed projections each having a plainouter surface, and each being arranged to extend between the adjacentgas jet orifices for the purposes specified, said hood having a socketin its under side and a pin projecting upwardly from said burner intosaid socket to detachably hold said hood securely in place,substantially as set forth and for the purposes specified.

6. In a broiler or wafile baker, the combination with a gas burner ofelongated formation, a hood therefor provided with a the greater portionof its length, substanseries of downwardly extending pointed tially asset forth and for the purposes projections, each having a plain outersurspeclfied.

face and arranged to avoid contact with the LOUIS FEY. 5 flame from theburner, said hood having Witnesses:

ribs ,upon its under side to support said JAMES N. RAMSEY,

hood out of contact with the burner during WINONA DOAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. 0.

